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Tribal Sports

My first post as one of the new contributors to the blog. It is a somewhat different topic from the excitement and results related to WOC, but Ive been thinking about it for the last few days anyway. Supporting a particular team in a sports competition is something we all…
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enjoy doing. New Zealanders, however, seem to lack the tribal element that these allegiances have in overseas sports. We dont have as much of the passionate to the end support for our mainstream sports teams that Europe has. While this means we dont have the problems associated with this, like hooliganism in football, it does mean our sports teams are sometimes left high and dry if results dont go their way or if the game stagnates. Look at the Warriors fan base, changing with the wind, or the falling crowds at any NPC game. This does infact relate to orienteering.…

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